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The Moon on Friday, June 28, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on June 28, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 June 1985366,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 28, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.5% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
366,179 km227,533 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 18, 1985 at 11:58 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 25, 198518:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 2, 198512:08

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Friday, June 28, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 18, 1985 to the new moon of July 17, 1985, a cycle of 29.50 days.